Introduction: To quantify average angular measurements that define the soft tissue profiles of 12-year-old southern Chinese and to determine gender differences.
Materials And Methods: A random population sample of 514 12-year-old children was recruited (about 10% of a Hong Kong Chinese birth cohort). Photographs were taken in natural head posture and 12 soft tissue landmarks were located on the photos to measure 12 angular measurements using ImageJ (V1.